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''Crime writing of the finest quality, elegant, distinctive and utterly absorbing.'' Daily Mail
''[The Strafford and Quirke series] promises to elevate the crime novel to new artistic heights.'' Financial Times
''John Banville is one of the best novelists in English.'' Guardian
''Superb and shocking. . more than a touch of genius.'' The Times

The Sunday Times bestselling author of Snow and April in Spain returns with Strafford and Quirke´s most troubling case yet.

1950s Dublin, in a lock-up garage in the city, the body of a young woman is discovered, an apparent suicideBut pathologist Dr Quirke and Detective Inspector Strafford soon suspect foul play.

The victim´s sister, a newspaper reporter from London, returns to Dublin to join the two men in their quest to uncover the truth. But, as they explore her links to a wealthy German family in County Wicklow, and to investigative work she may have been doing in Israel, they are confronted with an ever-deepening mysteryWith relations between the two men increasingly strained, and their investigation taking them back to the final days of the Second World War, can they join the pieces of a hidden puzzle?



Format Häftad Språk Engelska Utgivningsdatum 2023-04-06 ISBN 9780571370986